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miserable for him that his owner was 
forced to keep him off the front street. 
To the casual observer the bluejay’s 
treatment of the dog only served to em¬ 
phasize his ill reputation, but a closer 
study of the causes for such action re¬ 
vealed a certain sense of bird justice. 
Anne Turner Greenman. 
HoW About Your Town? 
The following resolutions were adopted 
by the State Teachers’ Association at 
Milwaukee, November 6-9. 
“Whereas, one of the leading firms of 
the city of Milwaukee has in view and 
for sale pieces of millinery consisting in 
whole or in part of the plumage of harm¬ 
less birds other than domesticated birds 
and 
“Whereas, the possession or sale of the 
plumage of such harmless birds, notably 
the swallow, is distinctly contrary to the 
provisions of the laws of the state of Wis¬ 
consin, and 
“Whereas, the possession or sale of 
the plumage of harmless birds is also in 
violation of the laws of the United States 
and therefore, 
“Be it resolved, by the teachers of Wis¬ 
consin in session assembled, that we 
view this exhibition and sale of the plu¬ 
mage of harmless birds other than do¬ 
mesticated birds, and birds protected 
by law, as an evidence of lawlessness and 
bad citizenship and a direct menace to 
the welfare of the agricultural interests 
of the state of Wisconsin and of the 
United States, and further as a violation 
of the unwritten law of humanity, pro¬ 
priety and good taste and 
“Be it resolved further, that the Wis¬ 
consin Teachers’ Association hereby, 
through its secretary, call the attention 
of the fish and game warden, J. W. Stone, 
Madison, and Valentine Raeth, 836 
Twenty-fifth street, Milwaukee, to the 
open violation of the law and call upon 
them to take notice of this violation and 
also upon the assistant chief of the bio¬ 
logical survey of the department of agri¬ 
culture, T. S. Palmer, Washington, D. C. 
to take such action as will prevent the 
importation to this state of bird plumage 
in violation of law, and cause the with¬ 
drawal of such plumage from exhibition 
and sale by any and all firms or individ¬ 
uals offending in such manner in city of 
Milwaukee or state.” 
How about the dealers of your town? 
Do vou know what the law is? Would 
J 
you be willing to call the attention of a 
dealer to a presumably unintentional 
violation of the law and in case your ad¬ 
vice was disregarded to notify the game 
warden of your district or the state game 
warden of the matter? 
The state law reads as follows: 
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“No person shall, within the state of 
Wisconsin kill or catch or have in his or 
her possession, living or dead, any wild 
bird other than a game bird, nor shall 
purchase, offer or expose for sale any 
such wild bird after it has been killed or 
caught. No part of the plumage, skin or 
body of any bird protected by this sec¬ 
tion shall be sold or had in possession 
for sale.” 
Game birds, hawks, owls, English 
sparrows, crows and blackbirds are not 
included in this act. 
In Michigan there is a bounty of two 
cents a head for the house sparrow. At 
last an excuse for the boy with an air 
gun. 
